In Search of Ashwatthama

Is Ashwatthama, the legendary antagonist from Mahabharat, still alive and living amongst us?

Desi Cow A2 Milk in Delhi NCR

In all the ayurvedic texts, milk has been extolled for its virtues. However, many modern researches on milk and dairy products (conducted mostly in western countries) have found it to be associated with many diseases, including but not limited to diabetes, heart disease and mental disorders like autism. This is because their research is based…

5 innovative ways to reuse pooja flowers

Flowers offered in pooja or worship often have many other uses. All you need to do is unleash your creativity to extract their benefits.

Part 1: My life before meeting Swamiji

I don’t really know how to start the story, since when was I looking for Swamiji…I think I always was. But I have to start it somewhere. I always felt very unloved and unwanted as a child. I felt lonely and lost, as if I had been abandoned in an alien world. Fortunately, instead of…

Meanwhile, in a parallel universe…

In the last post we discussed (well, I discussed with an imaginary modern Hindu) why or why not should one worship a Guru. However, somewhere in a parallel universe, a Christian called Aradhna released a musical album called ‘Amrit Vani‘, in which she calls Jesus as ‘Yeshu Raja’, Triloka-nath, and Mukteshwar! Check out song number…

Why should the Guru be worshiped?

Most of the modern day Hindus believe in some of the ideas found in Hinduism, like ‘God is one’, ‘Vasudhaiva kutumbakam’, etc. but not all of them, as they vociferously claim. Many do not agree with ideas like ‘cow is our mother’, ‘idol worship’ and all the ‘ritualistic stuff’. In fact, if presented with the…